Juan Diego
She appeared to Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac which today is in northern Mexico City.
Mary appear to Juan Diego on Tepeyac hill, just north of Mexico City, not at Guadalupe. Today the place is is known as the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
an achievement that Juan Diego had was getting to see Mary and prove to the pope that he saw her. He also was the first person to be catholicilized.
Juan Diego was a Mexican peasant who reported seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary, known as Our Lady of Guadalupe, in 1531. The Catholic Church eventually recognized the event as a miracle, and Juan Diego was canonized as a saint in 2002.
She appeared to Juan Diego.
Our Lady of Guadalupe - the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Mary appeared to Juan Diego during the month of December in the year 1531.
St. Bernadette of Lourdes, St. Juan Diego
The message from Mary to Saint Juan Diego was this. She said, "I vividly desire that a church be built on this site, so that in it I can be present and give my love, compassion, help, and defense, for I am your most devoted mother . . . to hear your laments and to remedy all your miseries, pains, and sufferings."
Saint Juan Diego's patron saint is Our Lady of Guadalupe. Juan Diego is known for his encounter with the Virgin Mary in Mexico in 1531, where he received the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on his tilma (cloak). He is venerated as a symbol of faith and devotion in the Americas, particularly in Mexico.
He was a widower. His wife had died a few years before he had the visions of Mary.